Hi, If people are interested in a campaign, these links might be a helpful start to see what is/has been happening in the Senate.
http://www.democrats.org.au/campaigns/free_trade/ http://www.democrats.org.au/campaigns/support_open_source/ Tim Democrat member on 30/1/05 12:23 PM, James Devenish at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 07:07:38AM +0800, John Taylor wrote: >> Changing the law can't be that difficult. What about a political >> campaign to press for a change in the copyright laws? > > Copyright laws have been recently revised as part of federal legislation > to "enable" the USAFTA (er..."Australia-United States Free Trade > Agreement, often abbreviated as thought it's AusFTA instead of A-USFTA). > Various intellectual property laws came into effect on 1 Jan 2005, and I > have been told that these impose *more* restrictions than existed > before. Although these FTA conditions have been known for a long time, I > seem to recall that the Australian media chose to marginalise the whole > affair, then publicised it last year by focusing on sugar and drugs. I > also recall a federal election last year which effectively endorsed the > "free trade" agreement. > > The new government chose to enlarge intellectual property restrictions > beyond even the FTA's requirements. Although some people hoped the FTA > would introduce "fair use" or "personal use" provisions, I don't think > any legislation of that type has been passed. If you have a time > machine, you might like to start a political campaign about eighteen > months ago. > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro >
